Lynne Truss would not approve

An example of none-too-careful comma usage in the first paragraph of the Times Magazine's upcoming article on Guantanamo:

"He figured it would mean spending at least a year away from his family, managing the petty insurgencies of hundreds of angry, accused terrorists."

This makes it sound like the prisoners there are terrorists who are both angry and accused, rather than accused terrorists who are angry.

Comments (1)

jv:

thats a pretty miserable sentence overall - grammar, cadence, word choice - you name it! But good catch, yes sir.

As far as being "angry," why should they be? Theyve spent 5 years near the palm-lined shores of cuba, free food and all. I mean these guys are from afghanistan, theyve never eaten better in their life!

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